Door-holder.



E 0. IVERSEN.

DOOR HOLDER.

Patented NOV. 2, 1915.

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speeifleatiba of Letters Patent.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EINAR CLAUS IvnnsnN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefuly Improvements in Door-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

' My present invention relates to door holders, and has special reference to the provision of an extremely simple device for steadying and holding a door, after the same has been unlatched, at any desired angle with the door casing.

A peculiar advantage of my Adevice is that after the device has been set to hold the door in the desired position, the door may then be swung farther open or closed, but when it is brought back to the desired position it will be again engaged by the door holder without any necessity of .'furth-er manipulation or adjustment thereof.

I obtain the above objects by means of the structure illustrated in the `accompany-` ing drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my invention;

and Fig. 2 is aplan, illustrating in dotted lines how a door will be engaged thereby.

My invention comprises a castingof substantially V-shaped plan,`the arms 5 and 6 whereof are preferably at right angles Vto each other.

The casting at the intersection of the arms i of the V is filled out at 7, both for the purpose of rendering the central VportionV of the casting heavier than the wings, and

also for forming a face of suflicient width;

to abut the edge of a door to bev engaged thereby.

I provide upon'the top of the meeting edge of the arms a sphere, .or knob 8, of ornamental design, and for the additional purpose of adding weight at this point.

Thebottom edge of the casting, whichlies adjacent the floor, is adapted to contact the floor at three points, namely A, B, and C. T'hev point A being directly under the corner formed by the meeting of the arms 5 and 6, andthe points B and C being under the eX- treme outer ends of the arms 5 and 6, respectively.

When it becomes desirable to hold a door open at an angle with the door casing, the door is first opened to the desired position, andthe casting or weight is placed upon the floor adjacent the outer edge of the door Patenteanov. 2,:1e`i`5. j

(Fig. 2) Athe face 7 thereof contacting the front edge of the door, and the arms 5 and f5 extending oneither side thereof, as shown 1n full lines in Fig. 2, and due to the weight of the casting, the door will be held in this position.

' When thedooris to be closed, or opened wider than the position just described, the weight, being the heaviest at the point A, will pivot at that point and the door will, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, pass the arm unobstructed, remaining in this position so that when the door is'brought back to its first position, it Vwill strike'the arm extending into its path and cause-the casting-to pivot againV at Alback to its initialV Y position.

What I claim is,- 1. A door holder comprising an angular shaped member theV respective arms of vwhich are disposed invvertical planesl and the meeting portion of which is adapted to engage the outer edge of a door. and lie adjacent the same, the bottom edge of said soy member contacting the floor at lthree separate points. j

2. A door holder comprising an angular shaped member, the respective arms of which are at an angle to each other, the

meeting portion ofsaid arms being adapted tol engage the'outer edgeof a ydoor and to abutv and lie adj acentv the same, thel `bottom edge of said member being irregular in outline and adapted to contact the floor only at a pointatV the junction of lsaid arms and ata point under the outer extending ends of each respective arm.

3.7A door` holder comprising'an angulav shaped member the respective arms o which are disposed in vertical planes at an angle with each other andthe meeting portion of which is adapted to -engagethe outer Vedge of a doorv and to abut and lie adjacent the same, and the bottom edge of said member Vcontacting the loor only at a point at the junction of said arms, and` at a point under the outer extending ends of each respective armi 4. A door holder comprising a central inclusion of the door between the lateral portion having a triangular horizontal seoextensions thereof. io tion the base of which section' is adapted to Signed at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, Contact the edge oi' a door, and lateral memthis 19 day of March, 1915.

bers extending from the legs of the trian- EINAR OLAUS VERSEN. guiar section into the aro of rotation of the Witnesses:

door whereby the movement of the door Will OLAF C. MARTENS,

cause the rotation of the member and the PETER C. LAHLUM.

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Washington, D. C. 

